NEW YORK — A civil rights activist is suing Fox News host Jeanine Pirro (juh-NEEN' PEER'-oh), claiming she defamed him while discussing a lawsuit against the Black Lives Matter movement that was later dismissed.
The lawsuit states that DeRay...Read More

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A former conductor of the University of California, Davis, Symphony Orchestra gave up his professor titles amid allegations he sexually assaulted a former student who now works at the university.
D. Kern Holoman, who retired in...Read More

NEW YORK — The company that publishes Us Weekly, the National Enquirer and other gossip publications is hiring outside human resources experts to train its managers in "sexual harassment prevention and sensitivity," an internal email shows. This...Read More

CONCORD, N.H. — New Hampshire authorities say an autopsy of a 2-year-old boy who died under suspicious circumstances shows his death was a homicide.
The autopsy also has revealed that the boy's cause of death was blunt force trauma to the abdomen....Read More

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A TV show featuring an 81-year-old municipal court judge in Rhode Island who has made a splash on social media is going national.
The producers of the local show "Caught in Providence" have struck a deal with FOX Television...Read More

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is raising its key interest rate for the third time this year and foresees three additional hikes in 2018, a vote of confidence that the U.S. economy remains on solid footing 8 1/2 years after the end of the Great...Read More

WASHINGTON — Former Vice-President Joe Biden sought to console the daughter of ailing Sen. John McCain after she began crying while discussing her father's battle with brain cancer on ABC's "The View."Read More

WASHINGTON — Melania Trump says she hopes the giving spirit that Americans displayed during a season of devastating hurricanes will continue over Christmas and into the new year.
The first lady says she wants people to remember that the holidays are...Read More

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — As a boy, Bob Costas took a cross-country drive with his dad, delighting in spinning the radio dial and listening "through the crackle and static" to broadcasts from far-flung ballparks.
He pulled in the big stations — WJR...Read More

NEW YORK — In one of the most vivid accounts yet of Harvey Weinstein's alleged abuse and harassment, Salma Hayek says the disgraced movie mogul turned the making of her 2002 passion project, the Frida Kahlo biopic "Frida," into a nightmare after the...Read More

PEABODY, Mass. — An expecting father in Massachusetts has shown off his paternal glow with a pregnancy photo shoot.
Peabody (PEE'-buh-dee) resident Nick Roberts surprised his pregnant girlfriend with the photos at their gender reveal party in June...Read More

NEW YORK — T-Mobile says it's launching a TV service next year, becoming the latest company to marry wireless and video.
The nation's No. 3 wireless carrier said Wednesday that it bought cable-TV startup Layer3 TV to help it roll out its upcoming...Read More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Blue Origin's 'Mannequin Skywalker' has rocketed almost all the way to space, just in time for the new Star Wars movie.
The aerospace company led by Amazon's Jeff Bezos launched its New Shepard rocket Tuesday from West Texas...Read More

SALT LAKE CITY — A former polygamous sect leader was sentenced Wednesday to nearly five years in prison for his role in carrying out an elaborate food stamp fraud scheme and for escaping home confinement while awaiting trial.
The sentencing of Lyle...Read More